Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
- 2.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
- 4.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) write what you know (d) read the summary
- 5.Which of these helps you focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) one task at a time (c) starting without a plan (d) a messy desk
- 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) TV in view (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a noisy hallway
- 8.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) copy it neatly (d) highlight all of it
- 9.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 10.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) one topic for weeks (c) reading only (d) skipping hard topics
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) old and new topics mixed
- 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
- 14.📅 You learn a topic on day 15. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 15.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) feel bad and stop (b) review it sooner (c) start a new topic (d) skip it for good
- 16.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) answering with book shut (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) numbered points in order
- 19.True or false: “never reviewing again” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) one task at a time (b) starting without a plan (c) a goal for the session (d) water bottle ready
- 21.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) short repeat sessions (c) old topics each week (d) last-minute marathons
- 23.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
- 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) What do roots do? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) modern
- 27.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 16, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 28.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone in your hand (b) phone on loud (c) phone face-up nearby (d) phone out of sight
- 29.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) one percentage page (d) 20 algebra sums only
- 30.True or false: “a goal for the session” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 32.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 33.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 34.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) main topic in the centre (d) a summary at the bottom
- 35.😴 Diya goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 36.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) last-minute marathons (c) a little every day (d) all in one night
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
- 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
- 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
Answer key
- making your own cards
- True
- explaining it aloud
- write what you know
- one task at a time
- blocked practice
- a firm chair
- close it and recall it
- 10
- mixing different topics
- old and new topics mixed
- passive review
- reading both sides
- 22
- review it sooner
- 120
- looking at the diagrams
- a summary at the bottom
- True
- starting without a plan
- True
- last-minute marathons
- False
- copying the summary
- passive review
- What do roots do?
- 22
- phone out of sight
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- False
- Cornell notes
- 14
- a good notes habit
- a summary at the bottom
- 9
- a little every day
- a good flashcard habit
- one fact per card
- fractions
- reading the notes again
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